Near real-time detection and classification of machine anomalies using machine learning and artificial intelligence

ABSTRACT

A method of determining anomalous operation of a system includes: capturing a stream of data representing sensed (or determined) operating parameters of the system over a range of operating states, with a stability indicator representing whether the system was operating in a stable state when the operating parameters were sensed; determining statistical properties of the stream of data, including an amplitude-dependent parameter and a variance thereof over time parameter for an operating regime representing stable operation; determining a statistical norm for the statistical properties that distinguish between normal operation and anomalous operation of the system; responsive to detecting that normal and anomalous operation of the system can no longer be reliably distinguished, determining new statistical properties to distinguish between normal and anomalous system operation; and outputting a signal based on whether a concurrent stream of data representing sensed operating parameters of the system represent anomalous operation of the system.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims the benefit of provisional U.S. Application No.62/813,659, filed Mar. 4, 2019 and entitled “SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NEARREAL-TIME DETECTION AND CLASSIFICATION OF MACHINE ANOMALIES USINGMACHINE LEARNING,” which is hereby incorporated by reference in itsentirety.

BACKGROUND Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of anomaly detection inmachines, and more particularly to use of machine learning for nearreal-time detection of engine anomalies.

Description of the Related Art

Machine learning has been applied to many different problems. Oneproblem of interest is the analysis of sensor and context information,and especially streams of such information, to determine whether asystem is operating normally, or whether the system itself, or thecontext in which it is operating is abnormal. This is to bedistinguished from operating normally under extreme conditions. Thetechnology therefore involves decision-making to distinguish normal fromabnormal (anomalous), in the face of noise, and extreme cases.

In many cases, the data is multidimensional, and some context isavailable only inferentially. Further, decision thresholds should to besensitive to impact of different types of errors, e.g., type I, type II,type III and type IV.

Anomaly detection is a method to identify whether or not a metric isbehaving differently than it has in the past, taking into accounttrends. This is implemented as one-class classification since only oneclass (normal) is represented in the training data. A variety of anomalydetection techniques are routinely employed in domains such as securitysystems, fraud detection and statistical process monitoring.

Anomaly detection methods are described in the literature and usedextensively in a wide variety of applications in various industries. Theavailable techniques comprise (Chandola et al., 2009; Olson et al.,2018; Kanarachos et al., 2017; Zheng et al., 2016): classificationmethods that are rule-based, or based on Neural Networks (see,en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neural_network), Bayesian Networks (see,en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayesian_network), or Support Vector Machines(see, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Support-vector_machine); nearest neighborbased methods, (see,en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nearest_neighbour_distribution) includingk-nearest neighbor (see,en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-nearest_neighbors_algorithm) and relativedensity; clustering based methods (see,en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluster_analysis); and statistical and fuzzyset-based techniques, including parametric and non-parametric methodsbased on histograms or kernel functions.

In pattern recognition, the k-nearest neighbors algorithm (k-NN) is anon-parametric method used for classification and regression. In bothcases, the input consists of the k closest training examples in thefeature space. The output depends on whether k-NN is used forclassification or regression: In k-NN classification, the output is aclass membership. An object is classified by a plurality vote of itsneighbors, with the object being assigned to the class most common amongits k nearest neighbors (k is a positive integer, typically small). Ifk=1, then the object is simply assigned to the class of that singlenearest neighbor. In k-NN regression, the output is the property valuefor the object. This value is the average of the values of its k nearestneighbors. k-NN is a type of instance-based learning, or lazy learning,where the function is only approximated locally and all computation isdeferred until classification. The k-NN algorithm is among the simplestof all machine learning algorithms. Both for classification andregression, a useful technique can be used to assign weight to thecontributions of the neighbors, so that the nearer neighbors contributemore to the average than the more distant ones. For example, a commonweighting scheme consists in giving each neighbor a weight of 1/d, whered is the distance to the neighbor. The neighbors are taken from a set ofobjects for which the class (for k-NN classification) or the objectproperty value (for k-NN regression) is known. This can be thought of asthe training set for the algorithm, though no explicit training step isrequired. The k-NN algorithm is that it is sensitive to the localstructure of the data.

Zhou et al. (2006) describes issues involved in characterizing ensemblesimilarity from sample similarity. Let Ω denote the space of interest. Asample is an element in the space Ω. Suppose that α∈Ω and β∈Ω are twosamples, the sample similarity function is a two-input function k(α, β)that measures the closeness between α and β. An ensemble is a subset ofΩ that contains multiple samples. Suppose that

{α₁, . . . , α_(M)}, with α_(i)∈Ω, and

={β₁, . . . , β_(N)}, with β_(j)∈Ω, are two ensembles, where M and N arenot necessarily the same, the ensemble similarity is a two-inputfunction k(

,

) that measures the closeness between

and

. Starting from the sample similarity k(α, β), the ideal ensemblesimilarity k(

,

) should utilize all possible pairwise similarity functions between allelements in

and

. All these similarity functions are encoded in the so-called Grammatrix. Examples of ad hoc construction of the ensemble similarityfunction k(

,

) include taking the mean or median of the cross dot product, i.e., theupper right corner of the above Gram matrix. An ensemble

is thought of as a set of i.i.d. realizations from an underlyingprobability distribution

(α). Therefore, the ensemble similarity is an equivalent description ofthe distance between two probability distributions, i.e., theprobabilistic distance measure. By denoting the probabilistic distancemeasure by J(

,

), we have k(

,

)=J(

,

).

Probabilistic distance measures are important quantities and find theiruses in many research areas such as probability and statistics, patternrecognition, information theory, communication and so on. In statistics,the probabilistic distances are often used in asymptotic analysis. Inpattern recognition, pattern separability is usually evaluated usingprobabilistic distance measures such as Chernoff distance orBhattacharyya distance because they provide bounds for probability oferror. In information theory, mutual information, a special example ofKullback-Leibler (KL) distance or relative entropy is a fundamentalquantity related to channel capacity. In communication, the KLdivergence and Bhattacharyya distance measures are used for signalselection. However, there is a gap between the sample similarityfunction k(α, β) and the probabilistic distance measure J(

,

). Only when the space Ω is a vector space say Ω=

^(d) and the similarity function is the regular inner product k(α,β)=α^(T)β, the probabilistic distance measures J coincide with thosedefined on

^(d). This is due to the equivalence between the inner product and thedistance metric.

∥α−β∥²=α^(T)α−2α^(T)β+β^(T) β=k(α,α)−2k(α,β)+k(β,β).

This leads to consideration of kernel methods, in which the samplesimilarity function k(α,β) evaluates the inner product in a nonlinearfeature space R^(f).

k(α,β)=φ(α)^(T)φ(β),  (1)

where φ: Ω→

^(f) is a nonlinear mapping, where f is the dimension of the featurespace. This is the so-called “kernel trick”. The function k(α,β) in Eq.(1) is referred to as a reproducing kernel function. The nonlinearfeature space is referred to as reproducing kernel Hilbert space (RKHS)

^(k) induced by the kernel function k. For a function to be areproducing kernel, it must be positive definite, i.e., satisfying theMercer's theorem. The distance metric in the RKHS can be evaluated

∥ϕ(α)−ϕ(β)∥²=Φϕα)^(T)ϕ(α)−2ϕ(α)^(T)ϕ(β)+ϕ(β)^(T)ϕ(β)=k(α,α)−2k(α,β)+k(β,β)  (2)

Suppose that N(x;μ,Σ₁) with x∈

^(d) is a multivariate Gaussian density defined asN(x;μ,Σ₁)=1/(√((2π)^(d) |E| exp{−½(x−μ)^(T)Σ⁻¹(x−μ)},where x∈

^(d) and |⋅| is matrix determinant. With p₁(x)=N(x;μ₁,Σ₁) andp₂(x)=N(x;μ₂,Σ₂), the tables below list some probabilistic distancesbetween two Gaussian densities.When the covariance matrices for two densities are the same, i.e.,Σ₁=Σ₂=Σ, the Bhattacharyya distance and the symmetric divergence reduceto the Mahalanobis distance: J_(M)=J_(D)=8J_(B):

Distance Type Definition Chernoff distance [22] J_(C)(p₁, p₂) =−log{∫_(x) p₁ ^(α) ² (x)p₂ ^(α) ¹ (x) dx} Bhattacharyya distanceJ_(B)(p₁, p₂) = −log{∫_(x) [p₁(x) p₂(x)]^(1/2) dx} [23] Matusitadistance [24]${J_{T}\left( {p_{1},p_{2}} \right)} = \left\{ {\int_{x}^{\;}{\left\lbrack {\sqrt{p_{1}(x)} - \sqrt{p_{2}(x)}} \right\rbrack^{2}\ d\; x}} \right\}^{1/2}$KL divergence [3]${J_{R}\left( {p_{1}{}p_{2}} \right)} = {\int_{x}{{p_{1}(x)}\log \left\{ \frac{p_{1}(x)}{p_{2}(x)} \right\} \ d\; x}}$Symmetric KL divergence [3]${J_{D}\left( {p_{1},p_{2}} \right)} = {\int_{x}{\left\lbrack {{p_{1}(x)} - {p_{2}(x)}} \right\rbrack \log \frac{p_{1}(x)}{p_{2}(x)}\ d\; x}}$Patrick-Fisher distance J_(P)(p₁, p₂) = {∫_(x) [p₁(x)π₁ − p₂(x)π₂]²dx}^(1/2) [25] Lissack-Fu distance J_(L)(p₁, p₂) = ∫_(x) |p₁(x)π₁ −p₂(x)π₂|^(α) ¹ [p₁(x)π₁ + [26] p₂(x)π₂]^(α) ² dx Kolmogorov distanceJ_(K)(p₁, p₂) = ∫_(x) |p₁(x)π₁ − p₂(x)π₂| dx [27]

Distance Type Analytic Expression Chernoff distance $\begin{matrix}{{J_{C}\left( {p_{1},p_{2}} \right)} = {\frac{1}{2}\alpha_{1}{{\alpha_{2}\left( {\mu_{1} - \mu_{2}} \right)}^{T}\left\lbrack {{\alpha_{1}\Sigma_{1}} + {\alpha_{2}\Sigma_{2}}} \right\rbrack}^{- 1}}} \\{\left( {\mu_{1} - \mu_{2}} \right) + {\frac{1}{2}\log \frac{{{\alpha_{1}\Sigma_{1}} + {\alpha_{2}\Sigma_{2}}}}{{\Sigma_{1}}^{\alpha_{1}}{\Sigma_{2}}^{\alpha_{2}}}}}\end{matrix}\quad$ Bhattacharyya distance $\begin{matrix}{{J_{B}\left( {p_{1},p_{2}} \right)} = {\frac{1}{8}{\left( {\mu_{1} - \mu_{2}} \right)^{T}\left\lbrack {\frac{1}{2}\left( {\Sigma_{1} + \Sigma_{2}} \right)} \right\rbrack}^{- 1}}} \\{\left( {\mu_{1} - \mu_{2}} \right) + {\frac{1}{2}\log \frac{{\frac{1}{2}\left( {\Sigma_{1} + \Sigma_{2}} \right)}}{{\Sigma_{1}}^{1/2}{\Sigma_{2}}^{1/2}}}}\end{matrix}\quad$ KL divergence $\begin{matrix}{{J_{R}\left( {p_{1}{}p_{2}} \right)} = {{\frac{1}{2}\left( {\mu_{1} - \mu_{2}} \right)^{T}\Sigma_{2}^{- 1}\left( {\mu_{1} - \mu_{2}} \right)} +}} \\{{\frac{1}{2}\log \frac{\Sigma_{2}}{\Sigma_{1}}} + {\frac{1}{2}{{tr}\left\lbrack {{\Sigma_{1}\Sigma_{2}^{- 1}} - I_{d}} \right\rbrack}}}\end{matrix}\quad$ Symmetric KL divergence $\begin{matrix}{{J_{D}\left( {p_{1},p_{2}} \right)} = {{\frac{1}{2}\left( {\mu_{1} - \mu_{2}} \right)^{T}\left( {\Sigma_{1}^{1} + \Sigma_{2}^{1}} \right)\left( {\mu_{1} - \mu_{2}} \right)} +}} \\{\frac{1}{2}{{tr}\left\lbrack {{\Sigma_{1}^{1}\; \Sigma_{2}} + {\Sigma_{2}^{1}\Sigma_{1}} - {2I_{d}}} \right\rbrack}}\end{matrix}\quad$ Patrick-Fisher distance $\begin{matrix}{{J_{P}\left( {p_{1},p_{2}} \right)} = {\left\lbrack {\left( {2\pi} \right)^{d}{{2\Sigma_{1}}}} \right\rbrack^{{- 1}/2} +}} \\{\left\lbrack {\left( {2\pi} \right)^{d}{{2\Sigma_{2}}}} \right\rbrack^{{- 1}/2} - \left\lbrack {\left( {2\pi} \right)^{d}{{\Sigma_{1} + \Sigma_{2}}}} \right\rbrack^{{- 1}/2}} \\{\exp \left\{ {{- \frac{1}{2}}\left( {\mu_{1} - \mu_{2}} \right)^{T}\left( {\Sigma_{1} + \Sigma_{2}} \right)^{- 1}\left( {\mu_{1} - \mu_{2}} \right)} \right\}}\end{matrix}\quad$ Mahalanobis distance J_(M)(p₁, p₂) = (μ₁ − μ₂)^(T)Σ⁻¹(μ₁ − μ₂)

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Gillespie et al. (2017) describe real-time analytics at the edge:identifying abnormal equipment behavior and filtering data near the edgefor internet of things applications. A machine learning technique foranomaly detection uses the SAS® Event Stream Processing engine toanalyze streaming sensor data and determine when performance of aturbofan engine deviates from normal operating conditions. Sensorreadings from the engines are used to detect asset degradation and helpwith preventative maintenance applications. A single-classclassification machine learning technique, called SVDD, is used todetect anomalies within the data. The technique shows how each enginedegrades over its life cycle. This information can then be used inpractice to provide alerts or trigger maintenance for the particularasset on an as-needed basis. Once the model was trained, the score codewas deployed on to a thin client device running SAS® Event StreamProcessing, to validate scoring the SVDD model on new observations andsimulate how the SVDD model might perform in Internet of Things (IoT)edge applications.

IoT processing at the edge, or edge computing, pushes the analytics froma central server to devices close to where the data is generated. Assuch, edge computing moves the decision making capability of analyticsfrom centralized nodes closer to the source of the data. This can beimportant for several reasons. It can help to reduce latency forapplications where speed is critical. And it can also reduce datatransmission and storage costs through the use of intelligent datafiltering at the edge device. In Gillespie et al.'s case, sensors from afleet of turbofan engines were evaluated to determine engine degradationand future failure. A scoring model was constructed to be able to doreal-time detection of anomalies indicating degradation.

SVDD is a machine learning technique that can be used to do single-classclassification. The model creates a minimum radius hypersphere aroundthe training data used to build the model. The hypersphere is madeflexible through the use of Kernel functions (Chaudhuri et al. 2016). Assuch, SVDD is able to provide a flexible data description on a widevariety of data sets. The methodology also does not require anyassumptions regarding normality of the data, which can be a limitationwith other anomaly detection techniques associated with multivariatestatistical process control. If the data used to build the modelrepresents normal conditions, then observations that lie outside of thehypersphere can represent possible anomalies. These might be anomaliesthat have previously occurred or new anomalies that would not have beenfound in historical data. Since the model is trained with data that isconsidered normal, the model can score any observation as abnormal evenif it has not seen an abnormal example before.

To train the model, data from a small set of engines within thebeginning of the time series that were assumed to be operating undernormal conditions were sampled. The SVDD algorithm was constructed usinga range of normal operating conditions for the equipment or system. Forexample, a haul truck within a mine might have very different sensordata readings when it is traveling on a flat road with no payload andwhen it is traveling up a hill with ore. However, both readingsrepresent normal operating conditions for the piece of equipment. Themodel was trained using the svddTrain action from the svdd action setwithin SAS Visual Data Mining and Machine Learning. The ASTORE scoringcode generated by the action was then saved to be used to score newobservations using SAS Event Stream Processing on a gateway device. ADell Wyse 3290 was set up with Wind River Linux and SAS Event StreamProcessing (ESP). An ESP model was built to take the incomingobservations, score them using the ASTORE code generated by the VDMMLprogram and return a scored distance metric for each observation. Thismetric could then be used to monitor degradation and create a flag thatcould trigger an alert if above a specified threshold.

The results from Gillespie et al. revealed that each engine has arelatively stable normal operating state for the first portion of itsuseful life, followed by a sloped upward trend in the distance metricleading up to a failure point. This upward trend in the data indicatedthat the observations move further and further from the centroid of thenormal hypersphere created by the SVDD model. As such, the engineoperating conditions moved increasingly further from normal operatingbehavior. With increasing distance indicating potential degradation, analert can be set to be triggered if the scored distance begins to riseabove a pre-determined threshold or if the moving average of the scoreddistance deviates a certain percentage from the initial operatingconditions of the asset. This can be tailored to the specificapplication that the model is used to monitor.

Brandsaeter et al. (2017) provide an on-line anomaly detectionmethodology applied in the maritime industry and propose modificationsto an anomaly detection methodology based on signal reconstructionfollowed by residuals analysis. The reconstructions are made using AutoAssociative Kernel Regression (AAKR), where the query observations arecompared to historical observations called memory vectors representingnormal operation. When the data set with historical observations growslarge, the naive approach where all observations are used as memoryvectors will lead to unacceptable large computational loads, hence areduced set of memory vectors should be intelligently selected. Theresiduals between the observed and the reconstructed signals areanalyzed using standard Sequential Probability Ratio Tests (SPRT), whereappropriate alarms are raised based on the sequential behavior of theresiduals. Brandsaeter et al. employ a cluster based method to selectmemory vectors to be considered by the AAKR, which reduces computationtime; a generalization of the distance measure, which makes it possibleto distinguish between explanatory and response variables; and aregional credibility estimation used in the residuals analysis, to letthe time used to identify if a sequence of query vectors represents ananomalous state or not, depend on the amount of data situated close toor surrounding the query vector. The anomaly detection method was testedfor analysis of operation of marine diesel engine in normal operation,and the data was manually modified to synthesize faults.

Anomaly detection refers to the problem of finding patterns in data thatdo not conform to expected behavior (Chandola et al., 2009). In otherwords, anomalies can be defined as observations, or subset ofobservations, which are inconsistent with the reminder of the data set(Hodge and Austin, 2004; Barnett et al., 1994). Depending on the fieldof research and application, anomalies are also often referred to asoutliers, discordant observations, exceptions, aberrations, surprises,peculiarities or contaminants (Hodge and Austin, 2004; Chandola et al.,2009). Anomaly detection is related to, but distinct from noise removal(Chandola et al., 2009).

The fundamental approaches to the problem of anomaly detection can bedivided into three categories (Hodge and Austin, 2004; Chandola et al.,2009):

Supervised anomaly detection. Availability of a training data set withlabelled instances for normal and anomalous behavior is assumed.Typically, predictive models are built for normal and anomalousbehavior, and unseen data are assigned to one of the classes.

Unsupervised anomaly detection. Here, the training data set is notlabelled, and an implicit assumption is that the normal instances arefar more frequent than anomalies in the test data. If this assumption isnot true, then such techniques suffer from high false alarm rate.

Semi-supervised anomaly detection. In semi-supervised anomaly detection,the training data only includes normal data. A typical anomaly detectionapproach is to build a model for the class corresponding to normalbehavior and use the model to identify anomalies in the test data. Sincethe semi-supervised and unsupervised methods do not require labels forthe anomaly class, they are more widely applicable than supervisedtechniques.

Ahmad et al. (2017) discuss unsupervised real-time anomaly detection forstreaming data. Streaming data inherently exhibits concept drift,favoring algorithms that learn continuously. Furthermore, the massivenumber of independent streams in practice requires that anomalydetectors be fully automated. Ahmad et al. propose an anomaly detectiontechnique based on an online sequence memory algorithm calledHierarchical Temporal Memory (HTM). They define an anomaly as a point intime where the behavior of the system is unusual and significantlydifferent from previous, normal behavior. An anomaly may signify anegative change in the system, like a fluctuation in the turbinerotation frequency of a jet engine, possibly indicating an imminentfailure. An anomaly can also be positive, like an abnormally high numberof web clicks on a new product page, implying stronger than normaldemand. Either way, anomalies in data identify abnormal behavior withpotentially useful information. Anomalies can be spatial, where anindividual data instance can be considered anomalous with respect to therest of data, independent of where it occurs in the data stream, orcontextual, if the temporal sequence of data is relevant; i.e., a datainstance is anomalous only in a specific temporal context, but nototherwise. Temporal anomalies are often subtle and hard to detect inreal data streams. Detecting temporal anomalies in practicalapplications is valuable as they can serve as an early warning forproblems with the underlying system.

Streaming applications impose unique constraints and challenges formachine learning models. These applications involve analyzing acontinuous sequence of data occurring in real-time. In contrast to batchprocessing, the full dataset is not available. The system observes eachdata record in sequential order as it is collected, and any processingor learning must be done in an online fashion. At each point in time wewould like to determine whether the behavior of the system is unusual.The determination is preferably made in real-time. That is, beforeseeing the next input, the algorithm must consider the current andprevious states to decide whether the system behavior is anomalous, aswell as perform any model updates and retraining. Unlike batchprocessing, data is not split into train/test sets, and algorithmscannot look ahead. Practical applications impose additional constraintson the problem. In many scenarios the statistics of the system canchange over time, a problem known as concept drift.

Some anomaly detection algorithms are partially online. They either havean initial phase of offline learning or rely on look-ahead to flagpreviously-seen anomalous data. Most clustering-based approaches fallunder the umbrella of such algorithms. Some examples include DistributedMatching-based Grouping Algorithm (DMGA), Online Novelty and DriftDetection Algorithm (OLINDDA), and Multi-class learNing Algorithm fordata Streams (MINAS). Another example is self-adaptive and dynamick-means that uses training data to learn weights prior to anomalydetection. Kernel-based recursive least squares (KRLS) also violates theprinciple of no look-ahead as it resolves temporarily flagged datainstances a few time steps later to decide if they were anomalous.However, some kernel methods, such as EXPoSE, adhere to our criteria ofreal-time anomaly detection.

For streaming anomaly detection, the majority of methods used inpractice are statistical techniques that are computationallylightweight. These techniques include sliding thresholds, outlier testssuch as extreme studentized deviate (ESD, also known as Grubbs') andk-sigma, changepoint detection, statistical hypotheses testing, andexponential smoothing such as Holt-Winters. Typicality and eccentricityanalysis is an efficient technique that requires no user-definedparameters. Most of these techniques focus on spatial anomalies,limiting their usefulness in applications with temporal dependencies.

More advanced time-series modeling and forecasting models are capable ofdetecting temporal anomalies in complex scenarios. ARIMA is a generalpurpose technique for modeling temporal data with seasonality. It iseffective at detecting anomalies in data with regular daily or weeklypatterns. Extensions of ARIMA enable the automatic determination ofseasonality for certain applications. A more recent example capable ofhandling temporal anomalies is based on relative entropy. Model-basedapproaches have been developed for specific use cases, but requireexplicit domain knowledge and are not generalizable. Domain-specificexamples include anomaly detection in aircraft engine measurements,cloud datacenter temperatures, and ATM fraud detection. Kalman filteringis a common technique, but the parameter tuning often requires domainknowledge and choosing specific residual error models. Model-basedapproaches are often computationally efficient but their lack ofgeneralizability limits their applicability to general streamingapplications.

There are a number of other restrictions that can make methodsunsuitable for real-time streaming anomaly detection, such ascomputational constraints that impede scalability. An example is LyticsAnomalyzer, which runs in O(n²), limiting its usefulness in practicewhere streams are arbitrarily long. Dimensionality is another factorthat can make some methods restrictive. For instance, online variants ofprinciple component analysis (PCA) such as osPCA or window-based PCA canonly work with high-dimensional, multivariate data streams that can beprojected onto a low dimensional space. Techniques that require datalabels, such as supervised classification-based methods, are typicallyunsuitable for real-time anomaly detection and continuous learning.

Ahmad et al. (2017) show how to use Hierarchical Temporal Memory (HTM)networks to detect anomalies on a variety of data streams. The resultingsystem is efficient, extremely tolerant to noisy data, continuouslyadapts to changes in the statistics of the data, and detects subtletemporal anomalies while minimizing false positives. Based on knownproperties of cortical neurons, HTM is a theoretical framework forsequence learning in the cortex. HTM implementations operate inreal-time and have been shown to work well for prediction tasks. HTMnetworks continuously learn and model the spatiotemporal characteristicsof their inputs, but they do not directly model anomalies and do notoutput a usable anomaly score. Rather than thresholding the predictionerror directly, Ahmad et al. model the distribution of error values asan indirect metric and use this distribution to check for the likelihoodthat the current state is anomalous. The anomaly likelihood is thus aprobabilistic metric defining how anomalous the current state is basedon the prediction history of the HTM model. To compute the anomalylikelihood a window of the last W error values is maintained, and thedistribution modelled as a rolling normal distribution where the samplemean, μ_(t), and variance, σ², are continuously updated from previouserror values. Then, a recent short-term average of prediction errors iscomputed, and a threshold applied to the Gaussian tail probability(Q-function) to decide whether or not to declare an anomaly. Sincethresholding involves thresholding a tail probability, there is aninherent upper limit on the number of alerts and a corresponding upperbound on the number of false positives. The anomaly likelihood is basedon the distribution of prediction errors, not on the distribution ofunderlying metric values. As such, it is a measure of how well the modelis able to predict, relative to the recent history.

In clean, predictable scenarios, the anomaly likelihood of the HTManomaly detection network behaves similarly to the prediction error. Inthese cases, the distribution of errors will have very small varianceand will be centered near 0. Any spike in the prediction error willsimilarly lead to a corresponding spike in likelihood of anomaly.However, in scenarios with some inherent randomness or noise, thevariance will be wider and the mean further from 0. A single spike inthe prediction error will not lead to a significant increase in anomalylikelihood but a series of spikes will. A scenario that goes from wildlyrandom to completely predictable will also trigger an anomaly.

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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 shows example independent variables time series: Engine RPM andLoad during a training period for detecting engine coolant temperatureanomaly on a tugboat, in accordance with some embodiments.

FIG. 2 shows example engine coolant temperature and standard error inpredicted values during the training period, in accordance with someembodiments.

FIG. 3 shows an example Mahalanobis distance time series of computedz-scores of errors from six engine sensor data (coolant temperature),coolant pressure (coolant pressure), oil temperature (oil temperature),oil pressure (oil pressure), fuel pressure (fuel pressure), and fuelactuator percentage (fuel actuator percentage) during the trainingperiod, in accordance with some embodiments.

FIG. 4 shows an example time series of Engine RPM and Load during a testperiod, in accordance with some embodiments.

FIG. 5 shows example engine coolant temperature and the respectivestandard error in predicted values during the test period, in accordancewith some embodiments.

FIG. 6 shows an example zoomed-in engine coolant temperature andcorresponding standardized errors (z-scores of errors) in predictedvalues during the test period, in accordance with some embodiments.

FIG. 7 shows an example Mahalanobis distance time series of computedz-scores of errors from six engine sensor data (coolant temperature),coolant pressure (coolant pressure), oil temperature (oil temperature),oil pressure (oil pressure), fuel pressure (fuel pressure), and fuelactuator percentage (fuel actuator percentage) during the test period,in accordance with some embodiments.

FIG. 8 shows example raw engine sensor data at a time prior to andduring a Fuel Pump Failure (occurring on August 28), where averageengine load, average engine fuel pressure and average manifold pressureare shown, in accordance with some embodiments.

FIG. 9 shows an example of computed error z scores for average engineload, average fuel pressure and average manifold pressure as well asexample Mahalanobis Angle of the Errors in one dimension at a time priorto and during the Fuel Pump Failure (occurring on August 28), inaccordance with some embodiments.

FIG. 10 shows a flow chart of data pre-processing for model generation,in accordance with some embodiments.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

In some embodiments, the present technology provides systems and methodsfor capturing a stream of data relating to performance of a physicalsystem, processing the stream with respect to a statistical modelgenerated using machine learning, and predicting the presence of ananomaly representing impending or actual hardware deviation from anormal state, distinguished from the hardware in a normal state, in arigorous environment of use.

It is often necessary to decide which one of a finite set of possibleGaussian processes is being observed. For example, it may be importantto decide whether a normal state of operation is being observed with itsrange of statistical variations, or an aberrant state of operation isbeing observed, which may assume not only a different nominal operatingpoint, but also a statistical variance that is quantitatively differentfrom the normal state. Indeed, the normal and aberrational states maydiffer only in the differences in statistical profile, with all nominalvalues having, or controlled to maintain, a nominal value. The abilityto make such decisions can depend on the distances in n-dimensionalspace between the Gaussian processes where n is the number of featuresthat describe the processes; if the processes are close (similar) toeach other, the decision can be difficult. The distances may be measuredusing a divergence, the Bhattacharyya distance, or the Mahalanobisdistance, for example. In addition, these distances can be described asor converted to vectors in n-dimensional space by determining anglesfrom the corresponding axis (e.g. the n Mahalanobis angles between thevectors of Mahalanobis distances, spanning from the origin tomulti-dimensional standardized error points, and the corresponding axisof standardized errors). Some or all of these distances and angles canbe used to evaluate whether a system is in a normal or aberrant state ofoperation and can also be used as input to models that classify anaberrant state of operation as a particular kind of engine failure inaccordance with some embodiments of the presently disclosed technology.

In many cases, engine parameter(s) being monitored and analyzed foranomaly detection are assumed to be correlated with some other engineparameter(s) being monitored. For example, if y is the engine sensorvalue being analyzed for near real-time predictions and x1, x2, . . .are other engine sensors also being monitored, there exists a functionƒ1 such that y=ƒ1(x1, x2, . . . , xn) where y is the dependent variableand x1, x2, . . . , xn, etc., are independent variables and y is afunction of x1, x2, . . . , xn or f1:

^(n)

^(l).

In some embodiments, the machine being analyzed is a diesel enginewithin a marine vessel, and the analysis system's goal is to identifydiesel engine operational anomalies and/or diesel engine sensoranomalies at near real-time latency, using an edge device installed ator near the engine. Of course, other types of vehicles, engines, ormachines may similarly be subject to the monitoring and analysis.

The edge device may interface with the engine's electronic controlmodule/unit (ECM/ECU) and collects engine sensors data as a time series(e.g., engine revolutions per minute (RPM), load percent, coolanttemperature, coolant pressure, oil temperature, oil pressure, fuelpressure, fuel actuator percentage, etc.) as well as speed and locationdata from an internal GPS/DGPS or vessel's GPS/DGPS.

The edge device may, for example, collect all of these sensor data at anapproximate rate of sixty samples per minute, and align the data toevery second's timestamp (e.g. 12:00:00, 12:00:01, 12:00:02, . . . ). Ifdata can be recorded at higher frequency, an aggregate (e.g., an averagevalue) may be calculated for each second or other appropriate period.Then the average value (i.e., arithmetical mean) for each minute maythen be calculated, creating the minute's averaged time series (e.g.,12:00:00, 12:01:00, 12:02:00, . . . ).

In some embodiments, minute's average data were found to be more stablefor developing statistical models and predicting anomalies than raw,high-frequency samples. However, in some cases, the inter-sample noisecan be processed with subsequent stages of the algorithm.

The edge device collects an n-dimensional engine data time series thatmay include, but is not limited to, timestamps (ts) and the followingengine parameters: engine speed (rpm), engine load percentage (load),coolant temperature (coolant temperature), coolant pressure (coolantpressure), oil temperature (oil temperature), oil pressure (oilpressure), fuel pressure (fuel pressure), and fuel actuator percentage(fuel actuator percentage).

In some cases, ambient temperature, barometric pressure, humidity,location, maintenance information, or other data are collected.

In a variance analysis of diesel engine data, most of the engineparameters, including coolant temperature, are found to have strongcorrelation with engine RPM and engine load percentage in a boundedrange of engine speed and when engine is in steady state, i.e., RPM andengine load is stable. So, inside that bounded region of engine RPM(e.g., higher than idle engine RPM), there exists a function ƒ1 suchthat:

coolant temperature=ƒ1(rpm, load)

f1:

^(n)

^(m).

In this case n equals two (rpm and load) and m equals one (coolanttemperature).

In other words, ƒ1 is a map that allows for prediction of a singledependent variable from two independent variables. Similarly,

-   -   coolant pressure=ƒ2(rpm, load)    -   oil temperature=ƒ3(rpm, load)    -   oil pressure=ƒ4(rpm, load)    -   fuel pressure=ƒ5(rpm, load)    -   fuel actuator percentage=ƒ6(rpm, load)

Grouping these maps into one map leads to a multi-dimensional map (i.e.the model) such that ƒ:

^(n)

^(m) where n equals two (rpm, load) and m equals six (coolanttemperature, coolant pressure, oil temperature, oil pressure, fuelpressure and fuel actuator percentage) in this case. Critically, manymaps are grouped into a single map with the same input variables,enabling potentially many correlated variables (i.e., a tensor ofvariables) to be predicted within a bounded range. Note that thespecific independent variables need not be engine RPM and engine loadand need not be limited to two variables. For example, engine operatinghours could be added as an independent variable in the map to accountfor engine degradation with operating time.

In order to create an engine model, a training time period is selectedin which the engine had no apparent operational issues. In someembodiments, a machine learning algorithm is used to generate the enginemodels directly on the edge device, in a local or remote server, or inthe cloud. A modeling technique can be selected that offers low modelbias (e.g. spline, neural network or support vector machines (SVM),and/or a Generalized Additive Model (GAM)). See:

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In statistics, the generalized linear model (GLM) is a flexiblegeneralization of ordinary linear regression that allows for responsevariables that have error distribution models other than a normaldistribution. The GLM generalizes linear regression by allowing thelinear model to be related to the response variable via a link functionand by allowing the magnitude of the variance of each measurement to bea function of its predicted value. Generalized linear models unifyvarious other statistical models, including linear regression, logisticregression and Poisson regression, and employs an iteratively reweightedleast squares method for maximum likelihood estimation of the modelparameters. See:

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Ordinary linear regression predicts the expected value of a givenunknown quantity (the response variable, a random variable) as a linearcombination of a set of observed values (predictors). This implies thata constant change in a predictor leads to a constant change in theresponse variable (i.e. a linear-response model). This is appropriatewhen the response variable has a normal distribution (intuitively, whena response variable can vary essentially indefinitely in eitherdirection with no fixed “zero value”, or more generally for any quantitythat only varies by a relatively small amount, e.g. human heights).However, these assumptions can be inappropriate for some types ofresponse variables. For example, in cases where the response variable isexpected to be always positive and varying over a wide range, constantinput changes lead to geometrically varying, rather than constantlyvarying, output changes.

In a GLM, each outcome Y of the dependent variables is assumed to begenerated from a particular distribution in the exponential family, alarge range of probability distributions that includes the normal,binomial, Poisson and gamma distributions, among others.

The GLM consists of three elements: A probability distribution from theexponential family; a linear predictor η=Xβ; and a link function g suchthat E(Y)=μ=g−1(η). The linear predictor is the quantity whichincorporates the information about the independent variables into themodel. The symbol η (Greek “eta”) denotes a linear predictor. It isrelated to the expected value of the data through the link function. ηis expressed as linear combinations (thus, “linear”) of unknownparameters β. The coefficients of the linear combination are representedas the matrix of independent variables X. η can thus be expressed as thelink function and provides the relationship between the linear predictorand the mean of the distribution function. There are many commonly usedlink functions, and their choice is informed by several considerations.There is always a well-defined canonical link function which is derivedfrom the exponential of the response's density function. However, insome cases it makes sense to try to match the domain of the linkfunction to the range of the distribution function's mean or use anon-canonical link function for algorithmic purposes, for exampleBayesian probit regression. For the most common distributions, the meanis one of the parameters in the standard form of the distribution'sdensity function, and then is the function as defined above that mapsthe density function into its canonical form. A simple, importantexample of a generalized linear model (also an example of a generallinear model) is linear regression. In linear regression, the use of theleast-squares estimator is justified by the Gauss-Markov theorem, whichdoes not assume that the distribution is normal.

The standard GLM assumes that the observations are uncorrelated.Extensions have been developed to allow for correlation betweenobservations, as occurs for example in longitudinal studies andclustered designs. Generalized estimating equations (GEEs) allow for thecorrelation between observations without the use of an explicitprobability model for the origin of the correlations, so there is noexplicit likelihood. They are suitable when the random effects and theirvariances are not of inherent interest, as they allow for thecorrelation without explaining its origin. The focus is on estimatingthe average response over the population (“population-averaged” effects)rather than the regression parameters that would enable prediction ofthe effect of changing one or more components of X on a givenindividual. GEEs are usually used in conjunction with Huber-Whitestandard errors. Generalized linear mixed models (GLMMs) are anextension to GLMs that includes random effects in the linear predictor,giving an explicit probability model that explains the origin of thecorrelations. The resulting “subject-specific” parameter estimates aresuitable when the focus is on estimating the effect of changing one ormore components of X on a given individual. GLMMs are also referred toas multilevel models and as mixed model. In general, fitting GLMMs ismore computationally complex and intensive than fitting GEEs.

In statistics, a generalized additive model (GAM) is a generalizedlinear model in which the linear predictor depends linearly on unknownsmooth functions of some predictor variables, and interest focuses oninference about these smooth functions. GAMs were originally developedby Trevor Hastie and Robert Tibshirani to blend properties ofgeneralized linear models with additive models.

The model relates a univariate response variable, to some predictorvariables. An exponential family distribution is specified for (forexample normal, binomial or Poisson distributions) along with a linkfunction g (for example the identity or log functions) relating theexpected value of univariate response variable to the predictorvariables.

The functions may have a specified parametric form (for example apolynomial, or an un-penalized regression spline of a variable) or maybe specified non-parametrically, or semi-parametrically, simply as‘smooth functions’, to be estimated by non-parametric means. A typicalGAM might use a scatterplot smoothing function, such as a locallyweighted mean. This flexibility to allow non-parametric fits withrelaxed assumptions on the actual relationship between response andpredictor, provides the potential for better fits to data than purelyparametric models, but arguably with some loss of interpretability.

Any multivariate function can be represented as sums and compositions ofunivariate functions. Unfortunately, though the Kolmogorov-Arnoldrepresentation theorem asserts the existence of a function of this form,it gives no mechanism whereby one could be constructed. Certainconstructive proofs exist, but they tend to require highly complicated(i.e., fractal) functions, and thus are not suitable for modelingapproaches. It is not clear that any step-wise (i.e. backfittingalgorithm) approach could even approximate a solution. Therefore, theGeneralized Additive Model drops the outer sum, and demands instead thatthe function belong to a simpler class.

The original GAM fitting method estimated the smooth components of themodel using non-parametric smoothers (for example smoothing splines orlocal linear regression smoothers) via the backfitting algorithm.Backfitting works by iterative smoothing of partial residuals andprovides a very general modular estimation method capable of using awide variety of smoothing methods to estimate the terms. Many modernimplementations of GAMs and their extensions are built around thereduced rank smoothing approach, because it allows well foundedestimation of the smoothness of the component smooths at comparativelymodest computational cost, and also facilitates implementation of anumber of model extensions in a way that is more difficult with othermethods. At its simplest the idea is to replace the unknown smoothfunctions in the model with basis expansions. Smoothing bias complicatesinterval estimation for these models, and the simplest approach turnsout to involve a Bayesian approach. Understanding this Bayesian view ofsmoothing also helps to understand the REML and full Bayes approaches tosmoothing parameter estimation. At some level smoothing penalties areimposed.

Overfitting can be a problem with GAMs, especially if there isun-modelled residual auto-correlation or un-modelled overdispersion.Cross-validation can be used to detect and/or reduce overfittingproblems with GAMs (or other statistical methods), and software oftenallows the level of penalization to be increased to force smoother fits.Estimating very large numbers of smoothing parameters is also likely tobe statistically challenging, and there are known tendencies forprediction error criteria (GCV, AIC etc.) to occasionally undersmoothsubstantially, particularly at moderate sample sizes, with REML beingsomewhat less problematic in this regard. Where appropriate, simplermodels such as GLMs may be preferable to GAMs unless GAMs improvepredictive ability substantially (in validation sets) for theapplication in question. In addition, univariate outlier detectionapproaches can be implemented where effective. These approaches can lookfor values that surpass the normal range of distribution for a givenmachine component and could include calculation of Z-scores or RobustZ-scores (using the median absolute deviation).

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In some embodiments, the programming language ‘R’ is used as anenvironment for statistical computing and graphics and for creatingappropriate models. Error statistics and/or the z-scores of thepredicted errors are used to further minimize prediction errors.

The engine's operating ranges can be divided into multiple distinctranges and multiple multi-dimensional models can be built to improvemodel accuracy.

Next, depending on the capabilities of the edge device (e.g., whether ornot it can execute the programming language ‘R’), engine models aredeployed as R models or the equivalent database lookup tables aregenerated and deployed, that describe the models for the bounded regionof the independent variables.

The same set of training data that was used to build the model is thenpassed as an input set to the model, in order to create a predictedsensor value(s) time series. By subtracting the predicted sensor valuesfrom the measured sensor values, an error time series for all thedependent sensor values is created for the training data set. The errorstatistics, namely mean and standard deviations of the training perioderror series, are computed and saved as the training period errorstatistics.

In some embodiments, in order for the z-statistics to work, the edgedevice typically needs to select more than 30 samples for every datapoint and provide average value for every minute. Some embodimentsimplement the system with approximately 60 samples per minute (1 secinterval) and edge device calculates every minute's average values byaveraging (arithmetic mean) the values for every minute.

Once the model is deployed to the edge device, and the system isoperational, the dependent and independent sensor values can be measuredin near real-time and the minute's average data may be computed. Theexpected value for dependent engine sensors can be predicted by passingthe independent sensor values to the engine model. The error (i.e., thedifference) between the measured value of a dependent variable and itspredicted value, can then be computed. These errors are standardized bysubtracting the training error mean from the instantaneous error anddividing this difference by the training error standard deviations for agiven sensor. This process creates z-scores of error or standard errortime-series that can be used to detect anomalies and, with an alertprocessing system, detect and send notifications to on-board and shorebased systems at near real-time when the standard error is above/below acertain number of error standard deviations or is above/below a certainz-score.

According to some embodiments, an anomaly classification system may alsobe deployed that ties anomalies to particular kinds of engine failures.The z-scores of an error data series from multiple engine sensors areclassified (as failures or not failures) in near real-time and to a highdegree of certainty through previous training on problem cases, learnedengine issues, and/or engine sensor issues.

This classification may be by neural network or deep neural network,clustering algorithm, principal component analysis, various statisticalalgorithms, or the like. Some examples are described in the incorporatedreferences, supra.

Some embodiments of the classification system provide a mechanism (e.g.,a design and deployment tool(s)) to select unique, short time periodsfor an asset and tag (or label) the selected periods with arbitrarystrings that denote classification types. A user interface may be usedto view historical engine data and/or error time series data, and toselect and tag time periods of interest. Then, the system calculatesrobust Mahalanobis distances (and/or Bhattacharyya distances) from thez-scores of error data from multiple engine sensors of interests andstores the calculated range for the tagged time periods in the edgedevice and/or cloud database for further analysis.

The Bhattacharyya distance measures the similarity of two probabilitydistributions. It is closely related to the Bhattacharyya coefficientwhich is a measure of the amount of overlap between two statisticalsamples or populations. The coefficient can be used to determine therelative closeness of the two samples being considered. It is used tomeasure the separability of classes in classification and it isconsidered to be more reliable than the Mahalanobis distance, as theMahalanobis distance is a particular case of the Bhattacharyya distancewhen the standard deviations of the two classes are the same.Consequently, when two classes have similar means but different standarddeviations, the Mahalanobis distance would tend to zero, whereas theBhattacharyya distance grows depending on the difference between thestandard deviations.

The Bhattacharyya distance is a measure of divergence. It can be definedformally as follows. Let (Ω, B, v) be a measure space, and let P be theset of all probability measures (cf. Probability measure) on B that areabsolutely continuous with respect to v. Consider two such probabilitymeasures P₁, P₂, ∈P and let p1 and p2 be their respective densityfunctions with respect to ν. The Bhattacharyya coefficient between P₁and P₂, denoted by ρ(P₁, P₂), is defined by

${{\rho \left( {P_{1},P_{2}} \right)} = {\int\limits_{\Omega}{\left( {\frac{dP_{1}}{dv}\bullet \frac{dP}{dv}} \right)^{1/2}{dv}}}},$

where dP_(i)/dν is the Radon-Nikodým derivative (cf. Radon-Nikodýmtheorem) of P_(i) (i=1, 2) with respect to ν. It is also known as theKakutani coefficient and the Matusita coefficient. Note that ρ(P₁, P₂)does not depend on the measure ν dominating P₁ and P₂.

i) 0≤ρ(P₁, P₂)≤1;

ii) ρ(P₁, P₂)=1 if and only if P₁=P₂;

iii) ρ(P₁, P₂)=0 if and only if P₁ is orthogonal to P₂.

The Bhattacharyya distance between two probability distributions P₁ andP₂, denoted by B(1,2), is defined by B(1,2)=−ln ρ(P₁, P₂).

0≤B(1,2)≤∞. The distance B(1,2) does not satisfy the triangleinequality. The Bhattacharyya distance comes out as a special case ofthe Chernoff distance (taking t=1/2):

${- \ln}\mspace{14mu} {\inf\limits_{0 \leq t \leq 1}\left( {\int\limits_{\Omega}{P_{1}^{t}P_{2}^{1 - t}{dv}}} \right)}$

The Hellinger distance between two probability measures P₁ and P₂,denoted by H(1,2), is related to the Bhattacharyya coefficient by thefollowing relation: H(1,2)=2[1−ρ(P₁,P₂)].

B(1,2) is called the Bhattacharyya distance since it is defined throughthe Bhattacharyya coefficient. If one uses the Bayes criterion forclassification and attaches equal costs to each type ofmisclassification, then the total probability of misclassification ismajorized by e^(−B(1,2)). In the case of equal covariances, maximizationof B(1,2) yields the Fisher linear discriminant function.

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The Mahalanobis distance is a measure of the distance between a point Pand a distribution D. It is a multi-dimensional generalization of theidea of measuring how many standard deviations away P is from the meanof D. This distance is zero if P is at the mean of D, and grows as Pmoves away from the mean along each principal component axis, theMahalanobis distance measures the number of standard deviations from Pto the mean of D. If each of these axes is re-scaled to have unitvariance, then the Mahalanobis distance corresponds to standardEuclidean distance in the transformed space. The Mahalanobis distance isthus unitless and scale-invariant and takes into account thecorrelations of the data set.

The Mahalanobis distance is quantity ρ(X,Y|A)={(X−Y)^(T)A(X−Y)}^(1/2),where X, Y are vectors and A is a matrix (and □^(T) denotestransposition). It is used in multi-dimensional statistical analysis; inparticular, for testing hypotheses and the classification ofobservations. The quantity ρ(μ₁, μ₂|Σ⁻¹) is a distance between twonormal distributions with expectations μ₁ and μ₂ and common covariancematrix Σ. The Mahalanobis distance between two samples (fromdistributions with identical covariance matrices), or between a sampleand a distribution, is defined by replacing the correspondingtheoretical moments by sampling moments. As an estimate of theMahalanobis distance between two distributions one uses the Mahalanobisdistance between the samples extracted from these distributions or, inthe case where a linear discriminant function is utilized—the statisticΦ⁻¹(α)+Φ⁻¹(β), where α and β are the frequencies of correctclassification in the first and the second collection, respectively, andΦ is the normal distribution function with expectation 0 and variance 1.

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At run time, the system calculates the z-scores of error data from theengine sensor data time series then optionally calculates the robustMahalanobis distance (and/or Bhattacharyya distances) of the z-scores oferror data of the selected dimension(s) (i.e., engine sensor(s)). Thevalue is compared against the range of Mahalanobis distances (and/orBhattacharyya distances) for analyzing and comparing a set of tensors ofz-scores of errors during a test period against a set of tensors ofz-scores of errors during training period that had a positive match andtagging, that were stored previously as a part of the deployedclassification labels (specific type of failure or not specific type offailure) and classified accordingly. When a failure classification isobtained, the alerts system sends notifications to human operatorsand/or automated systems.

Some embodiments can then provide a set of data as an input to a userinterface (e.g., analysis gauges) in the form of standardized errorvalues for each sensor and/or the combined Mahalanobis distance (orBhattacharyya distance) for each sensor. This allows users to understandwhy data were classified as failures or anomalies.

Of note, the system does not necessarily differentiate betweenoperational engine issues and engine sensor issues. Rather, it dependson the classifications made during the deep learning training period inaccordance with some embodiments. Also, because the system usesstandardized z-errors for creating the knowledge base of issues (i.e.,tags and Mahalanobis/Bhattacharyya distance ranges and standardizederror ranges), the model can be deployed as a prototype for otherengines and/or machines of similar types before an engine-specific modelis created.

It is therefore an object to provide a method of determining anomalousoperation of a system, comprising: capturing a stream of datarepresenting sensed or determined operating parameters of the system,wherein the operating parameters vary in dependence on an operatingstate of the system, over a range of operating states of the system,with a stability indicator representing whether the system was operatingin a stable state when the operating parameters were sensed ordetermined; characterizing statistical properties of the stream of data,comprising at least an amplitude-dependent parameter and a variance ofthe amplitude over time parameter for an operating regime representingstable operation; determining a statistical norm for the characterizedstatistical properties that reliably distinguish between normaloperation of the system and anomalous operation of the system; andoutputting a signal dependent on whether a concurrent stream of datarepresenting sensed or determined operating parameters of the systemrepresent anomalous operation of the system.

It is also an object to provide a method of determining anomalousoperation of a system, comprising: capturing a plurality of streams oftraining data representing sensor readings over a range of states of thesystem during a training phase; characterizing joint statisticalproperties of the plurality of streams of data representing sensorreadings over the range of states of the system during the trainingphase, comprising determining a plurality of quantitative standardizederrors between a predicted value of a respective training datum, and ameasured value of the respective training datum, and a variance of therespective plurality of quantitative standardized errors over time;determining a statistical norm for the characterized joint statisticalproperties that reliably distinguishes between a normal state of thesystem and an anomalous state of the system; and storing the determinedstatistical norm in a non-volatile memory.

It is also an object to provide a method of predicting anomalousoperation of a system, comprising: characterizing statistical propertiesof a plurality of streams of data representing sensor readings over arange of states of the system during a training phase, comprisingdetermining a statistical variance over time of a quantitativestandardized errors between a predicted value of a respective trainingdatum and a measured value of the respective training datum; determininga statistical norm for the characterized statistical propertiescomprising at least one decision boundary that reliably distinguishesbetween a normal operational state of the system and an anomalousoperational state of the system; and storing the determined statisticalnorm in a non-volatile memory.

It is a further object to provide a system for determining anomalousoperational state, comprising: an input port configured to receive aplurality of streams of training data representing sensor readings overa range of states of the system during a training phase; at least oneautomated processor, configured to: characterize joint statisticalproperties of plurality of streams of data representing sensor readingsover the range of states of the system during the training phase, basedon a plurality of quantitative standardized errors between a predictedvalue of a respective training datum, and a measured value of therespective training datum, and a variance of the respective plurality ofquantitative standardized errors over time; and determine a statisticalnorm for the characterized joint statistical properties that reliablydistinguishes between a normal state of the system and an anomalousstate of the system; and a non-volatile memory configured to store thedetermined statistical norm.

Another object provides a method of determining anomalous operation of asystem, comprising: capturing a plurality of streams of training datarepresenting sensor readings over a range of states of the system duringa training phase; transmitting the captured streams of training data toa remote server; receiving, from the remote server, a statistical normfor characterized joint statistical properties that reliablydistinguishes between a normal state of the system and an anomalousstate of the system, the characterized joint statistical propertiesbeing based on a plurality of streams of data representing sensorreadings over the range of states of the system during the trainingphase, comprising quantitative standardized errors between a predictedvalue of a respective training datum, and a measured value of therespective training datum, and a variance of the respective plurality ofquantitative standardized errors over time; capturing a stream of datarepresenting sensor readings over states of the system during anoperational phase; and producing a signal selectively dependent onwhether the stream of data representing sensor readings over states ofthe system during the operational phase are within the statistical norm.

A further object provides a method of determining a statistical norm fornon-anomalous operation of a system, comprising: receiving a pluralityof captured streams of training data at a remote server, the capturedplurality of streams of training data representing sensor readings overa range of states of a system during a training phase; processing thereceived a plurality of captured streams of training data to determine astatistical norm for characterized joint statistical properties thatreliably distinguishes between a normal state of the system and ananomalous state of the system, the characterized joint statisticalproperties being based on a plurality of streams of data representingsensor readings over the range of states of the system during thetraining phase, comprising quantitative standardized errors between apredicted value of a respective training datum, and a measured value ofthe respective training datum, and a variance of the respectiveplurality of quantitative standardized errors over time; andtransmitting the determined statistical norm to the system. The methodmay further comprise, at the system, capturing a stream of datarepresenting sensor readings over states of the system during anoperational phase, and producing a signal selectively dependent onwhether the stream of data representing sensor readings over states ofthe system during the operational phase are within the statistical norm.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium is also encompassed, storingtherein instructions for controlling a programmable processor to performany or all steps of a computer-implemented method disclosed herein.

At least one stream of training data may be aggregated prior tocharacterizing the joint statistical properties of the plurality ofstreams of data representing the sensor readings over the range ofstates of the system during the training phase.

The method may further comprise communicating the captured plurality ofstreams of training data representing sensor readings over a range ofstates of the system during a training phase from an edge device to acloud device prior to the cloud device characterizing the jointstatistical property of the plurality of streams of operational data;communicating the determined statistical norm from the cloud device tothe edge device; and wherein the non-volatile memory may be providedwithin the edge device.

The method may further comprise capturing a plurality of streams ofoperational data representing sensor readings during an operationalphase; determining a plurality of quantitative standardized errorsbetween a predicted value of a respective operational datum, and ameasured value of the respective training datum, and a variance of therespective plurality of quantitative standardized errors over time inthe edge device; and comparing the plurality of quantitativestandardized errors and the variance of the respective plurality ofquantitative standardized errors with the determined statistical norm,to determine whether the plurality of streams of operational datarepresenting the sensor readings during the operational phase representan anomalous state of system operation.

The method may further comprise capturing a plurality of streams ofoperational data representing sensor readings during an operationalphase; characterizing a joint statistical property of the plurality ofstreams of operational data, comprising determining a plurality ofquantitative standardized errors between a predicted value of arespective operational datum, and a measured value of the respectivetraining datum, and a variance of the respective plurality ofquantitative standardized errors over time; and comparing thecharacterized joint statistical property of the plurality of streams ofoperational data with the determined statistical norm to determinewhether the plurality of streams of operational data representing thesensor readings during the operational phase represent an anomalousstate of system operation.

The method may further comprise capturing a plurality of streams ofoperational data representing sensor readings during an operationalphase; and determining at least one of a Mahalanobis distance, aBhattacharyya distance, Chernoff distance, a Matusita distance, a KLdivergence, a Symmetric KL divergence, a Patrick-Fisher distance, aLissack-Fu distance and a Kolmogorov distance of the captured pluralityof streams of operational data with respect to the determinedstatistical norm. The method may further comprise determining aMahalanobis distance between the plurality of streams of training datarepresenting sensor readings over the range of states of the systemduring the training phase and a captured plurality of streams ofoperational data representing sensor readings during an operationalphase of the system. The method may further comprise determining aBhattacharyya distance between the plurality of streams of training datarepresenting sensor readings over the range of states of the systemduring the training phase and a captured plurality of streams ofoperational data representing sensor readings during an operationalphase of the system.

The method may further comprise determining an anomalous state ofoperation based on a statistical difference between sensor data obtainedduring operation of the system subsequent to the training phase and thestatistical norm. The method may further comprise performing an analysison the sensor data obtained during the anomalous state, defining asignature of the sensor data obtained leading to the anomalous state,and communicating the defined signature of the sensor data obtainedleading to the anomalous state to a second system. The method may stillfurther comprise receiving a defined signature of sensor data obtainedleading to an anomalous state of a second system from the second systemand performing a signature analysis of a stream of sensor data after thetraining phase. The method may further comprise receiving a definedsignature of sensor data obtained leading to an anomalous state of asecond system from the second system, and integrating the definedsignature with the determined statistical norm, such that thestatistical norm may be updated to distinguish a pattern of sensor datapreceding the anomalous state from a normal state of operation.

The method may further comprise determining a z-score for the pluralityof quantitative standardized errors. The method may further comprisedetermining a z-score for a stream of sensor data received after thetraining phase. The method may further comprise decimating a stream ofsensor data received after the training phase. The method may furthercomprise decimating and determining a z-score for a stream of sensordata received after the training phase.

The method may further comprise receiving a stream of sensor datareceived after the training phase; determining an anomalous state ofoperation of the system based on differences between the received streamof sensor data received after the training phase; and tagging a log ofsensor data received after the training phase with an annotation ofanomalous state of operation. The method may further compriseclassifying the anomalous state of operation as a particular kind ofevent.

The plurality of streams of training data representing the sensorreadings over the range of states of the system may comprise data from aplurality of different types of sensors. The plurality of streams oftraining data representing the sensor readings over the range of statesof the system may comprise data from a plurality of different sensors ofthe same type. The method may further comprise classifying a stream ofsensor data received after the training phase by at least performing ak-nearest neighbors analysis. The method may further comprisedetermining whether a stream of sensor data received after the trainingphase may be in a stable operating state and tagging a log of the streamof sensor data with a characterization of the stability.

The method may include at least one of: transmit the plurality ofstreams of training data to a remote server; transmit the characterizedjoint statistical properties to the remote server; transmit thestatistical norm to the remote server; transmit a signal representing adetermination whether the system is operating anomalously to the remoteserver based on the statistical norm; receive the characterized jointstatistical properties from the remote server; receive the statisticalnorm from the remote server; receive a signal representing adetermination whether the system is operating anomalously from theremote server based on the statistical norm; and receive a signal fromthe remote server representing a predicted statistical norm foroperation of the system, representing a type of operation of the systemoutside the range of states during the training phase, based onrespective statistical norms for other systems.

According to one embodiment, upon initiation of the system, there is noinitial model, and the edge device sends lossless uncompressed data tothe cloud computer for analysis. Once a model is built and synchronizedor communicated by both sides of a communication pair, thecommunications between them may synchronously switch to a lossycompressed mode of data communication. In cases where differentoperating regimes have models of different maturity, the edge device maydetermine on a class-by-class basis what mode of communication toemploy. Further, in some cases, the compression of the data may betested according to different algorithms, and the optimal algorithmemployed, according to criteria which may include communication cost orefficiency, various risks and errors or cost-weighted risks and errorsin anomaly detection, or the like. In some cases, computationalcomplexity and storage requirements of compression is also an issue,especially in lightweight IoT sensors with limited memory and processingpower.

In one embodiment, the system can initially use a “stock” model andcorresponding “stock statistical parameters” (standard deviation oferror and mean error) in the beginning, when there is no custom orsystem-specific model built for that specific asset, and then later whenthe edge device builds a new and sufficiently complete model, it willsend that model to the cloud computer, and then both side cansynchronously switch to the new model. In this scheme only the edgedevice would build the models, as cloud always receives lossy data. Asdiscussed above, the stock model may initiate with population statisticsfor the class of system, and as individual-specific data is acquired,update the model to reflect the specific device rather than thepopulation of devices. The transition between models need not be binary,and some blending of population parameters and device specificparameters may be present or persistent in the system. This isespecially useful where the training data is sparse or unavailable forcertain regimes of operation, or where certain types of anomalies cannotor should not be emulated during training. Thus, certain catastrophicanomalies may be preceded by signature patterns, which may be includedin the stock model. Typically, the system will not, during training,explore operating regions corresponding to imminent failure, andtherefore the operating regimes associated with those states will remainunexplored. Thus, the aspects of the stock model relating to theseregimes of operation may naturally persist, even after the custom modelis mature.

In some embodiments, to ensure continuous effective monitoring ofanomalies, the system can automatically monitor itself for the presenceof drift. Drift can be detected for a sensor when models no longer fitthe most recent data well and the frequency of type I errors the systemdetects exceeds an acceptable, pre-specified threshold. Type I errorscan be determined by identifying when a model predicts an anomaly and notrue anomaly is detected in a defined time window around the predictedanomaly.

True anomalies can be detected when a user provides input in nearreal-time that a predicted anomaly is a false alert or when a thresholdset on a sensor is exceeded. Thresholds can either be set by followingmanufacturer's specifications for normal operating ranges or by settingstatistical thresholds determined by analyzing the distribution of dataduring normal sensor operation and identifying high and low thresholds.

In these embodiments, when drift is detected, the system can triggergeneration of new models (e.g., of same or different model types) on themost recent data for the sensor. The system can compare the performanceof different models or model types on identical test data sampled fromthe most recent sensor data and put a selected model (e.g., a mosteffective model) into deployment or production. The most effective modelcan be the model that has the highest recall (lowest rate of type IIerrors), lowest false positive rate (lowest rate of type I errors),and/or maximum lead time of prediction (largest amount of time that itpredicts anomalies before manufacturer-recommended thresholds detectthem). However, if there is no model whose false positive rate fallsbelow a specified level, the system will not put a model intoproduction. In that case, once more recent data is captured, the systemwill undertake subsequent attempts at model generation until successful.

In some embodiments, the anomaly detection system described herein maybe used to determine engine coolant temperature anomalies on a marinevessel such as a tugboat. FIG. 10 describes an example of how a machinelearning model may be created based on recorded vessel engine data. Whenthe anomaly detection system starts 1002, model configuration metadata1004 such as the independent engine parameters and any restriction totheir values, dependent engine parameters and any restriction to theirvalues, model name, etc. are accessed from a model metadata table storedin a database 1006.

An engine's data 1008 are accessed from a database 1010 to be used asinput data for model generation. FIG. 1, shows example independentvariables of engine RPM and load for the model training set. If therequired number of engine data rows 1008 are not available 1014 in thedatabase 1010, an error message is displayed 1016 and the modelgeneration routine ends 1018. Note that a process may be in place tore-attempt model building the case of a failure.

If enough rows of engine data 1008 are available 1012, the modelbuilding process begins by filtering the engine data time series 1008.An iterator 1050 slices a data row from the set of n rows 1020. If thepredictor variables are within the acceptable range 1022 and the enginedata are stable 1024 as defined by the model metadata table 1006, thedata row is included in the set of data rows to be used in the model1026. If the predictor variables' data is not within range or enginedata are not stable, the data row is excluded 1028 from the set of datarows to be used in the model 1026. The data filtering process thencontinues for each data row in the engine data time series 1008.

If enough data rows are available after filtering 1030, the enginemodel(s) is generated using machine learning 1032. Algorithm 1additionally details the data filtering and model(s) generation processin which the stability of predictor variables is determined and used asa filter for model input data. The machine learning model 1032 may becreated using a number of appropriate modeling techniques or machinelearning algorithms (e.g., splines, support vector machines, neuralnetworks, and/or generalized additive model). In some implementations,the model with the lowest model bias and lowest mean squared error (MSE)is selected as the model for use in subsequent steps.

If too few data rows are available after filtering 1030, a specificerror message may be displayed 1016 and the model generation routineended 1018

If enough data rows are available 1030 and the machine-learning basedmodel has been generated 1032, the model may optionally be convertedinto a lookup table, using Algorithm 2, as a means of serializing themodel for faster processing. The lookup table can contain n+m columnsconsidering the model represents ƒ:

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^(m). For engine RPM between 0 and 2000 RPM and load between 0 and 100%,the lookup table can have 200,000+1 rows assuming an interval of 1 foreach independent variable. The model can have 2+6=8 columns assumingindependent variables of engine RPM and load and dependent variables ofcoolant temperature, coolant pressure, oil temperature, oil pressure,fuel pressure, fuel actuator percentage. For each engine RPM and load,the model is used to predict the values of the dependent parameters withthe results stored in the lookup table.

With the model 1032 known, the training period error statistics can becalculated as described in Algorithm 3. Using the generated model 1032,a prediction for all dependent sensor values can be made based on thatgenerated model 1032 and data for the independent variables during thetraining period. FIG. 1 shows example data for the time series of thetwo independent variables, engine RPM and load. The error time seriescan be generated by subtracting the measured value of a dependent sensorfrom the model's prediction of that dependent sensor across the timeseries. The mean and standard deviation of this error time series (i.e.the error statistics) are then calculated.

Algorithm 4 describes how the error statistics can be standardized intoan error z-score series. The error z-score series is calculated bysubtracting the error series mean from each error in the error timeseries and dividing the result by the error standard deviation, usingerror statistics from Algorithm 3. FIG. 2 shows an example error z-scoreseries for one sensor in the training period. Generally, the errorz-scores are within acceptable range of ±3 200 with short spikes outsideof that range 210 occurring when the engine is not stable (i.e., engineRPM and Load are changing quickly). Those points outside the range areexcluded when the model is built.

With the error z-score series calculated and the model deployed to theedge device and/or cloud database, the design time steps of Algorithm 5are complete. At runtime, engine data are stored in a database either atthe edge or in the cloud. Using Algorithm 4 with the training errorstatistics of Algorithm 3, the test data error z-scores can becalculated. If the absolute value of the test data error z-scores areabove a given threshold (e.g., user defined or automatically generated),an anomaly condition is identified. An error notification may be sent orother operation taken based on this error condition.

FIG. 4, FIG. 5, and FIG. 6 show an example period which contains acoolant temperature anomaly condition and failure condition. FIG. 4depicts the values of the independent variables, engine RPM and load.Between the beginning of the coolant temperature time series 500 and thebeginning of the failure condition 504, there was no clear trend in thedata that a failure was approaching. The first anomaly condition 508 wasidentified 20 hours prior to the failure condition 504 with a stronganomaly 510 indicated an hour prior to the failure. FIG. 6 changes theaxes' bounds to provide a clear view of the anomaly conditions 602, 604,606, 608, 610. The failure condition 504 is precipitated by a stronganomaly 612 condition, well outside of the expected range (e.g.,standard error range).

Algorithm 6, which details the calculation of the Mahalanobis distanceand/or robust Mahalanobis distance, can be used along with Algorithm 7to classify anomalies and attempt to identify the anomalies that maylead to a failure. To create the Mahalanobis and/or robust Mahalanobisdistance, the training period error z-score series (e.g. the series ofFIG. 2) is used as the input to the Mahalanobis and/or robustMahalanobis distance algorithm. The results may be calculated using astatistical computing language such as ‘R’ and its built-infunctionality. Optionally, the maximum of the regular and robustMahalanobis distances or the Bhattacharyya distance can be calculated.FIG. 3 shows an example Mahalanobis distance time series of computedz-scores of errors from six engine sensor data (coolant temperature),coolant pressure (coolant pressure), oil temperature (oil temperature),oil pressure (oil pressure), fuel pressure (fuel pressure), and fuelactuator percentage (fuel actuator percentage) during the trainingperiod. Note that the distance remains small (i.e. near to zero) andbounded. Using one or many of the aforementioned distances as the tagvalue, time periods containing a known failure are tagged. At real time,Algorithm 7 may be used to calculate and match test data with the tagscreated during training thus providing a means of understanding whichanomaly conditions may lead to failure conditions.

FIG. 7 shows an example Mahalanobis distance time series of computederror z-scores from six engine sensor data (coolant temperature),coolant pressure (coolant pressure), oil temperature (oil temperature),oil pressure (oil pressure), fuel pressure (fuel pressure), and fuelactuator percentage (fuel actuator percentage) during the test period.Note the peaks when the first anomaly is identified 700 and when thefailure condition is at its peak 702.

As used herein, the term “processor” may refer to any device or portionof a device that processes electronic data from registers and/or memoryto transform that electronic data into other electronic data that may bestored in registers and/or memory.

A system which implements the various embodiments of the presentlydisclosed technology may be constructed as follows. The system includesat least one controller that may include any or any combination of asystem-on-chip, or commercially available embedded processor, Arduino,MeOS, MicroPython, Raspberry Pi, or other type processor board. Thesystem may also include an Application Specific Integrated Circuit(ASIC), an electronic circuit, a programmable combinatorial circuit(e.g., FPGA), a processor (shared, dedicated, or group) or memory(shared, dedicated, or group) that may execute one or more software orfirmware programs, or other suitable components that provide thedescribed functionality. The controller has an interface to acommunication port, e.g., a radio or network device, a user interface,and other peripherals and other system components.

In some embodiments, one or more of sensors determine, sense, and/orprovide to controller data regarding one or more other characteristicsmay be and/or include Internet of Things (“IoT”) devices. IoT devicesmay be objects or “things”, each of which may be embedded with hardwareor software that may enable connectivity to a network, typically toprovide information to a system, such as controller. Because the IoTdevices are enabled to communicate over a network, the IoT devices mayexchange event-based data with service providers or systems in order toenhance or complement the services that may be provided. These IoTdevices are typically able to transmit data autonomously or with littleto no user intervention. In some embodiments, a connection mayaccommodate vehicle sensors as IoT devices and may includeIoT-compatible connectivity, which may include any or all of WiFi,LoRan, 900 MHz Wifi, BlueTooth, low-energy BlueTooth, USB, UWB, etc.Wired connections, such as Ethernet 100BaseT, 1000baseT, CANBus, USB2.0, USB 3.0, USB 3.1, etc., may be employed.

Embodiments may be implemented into a system using any suitable hardwareand/or software to configure as desired. The computing device may housea board such as motherboard which may include a number of components,including but not limited to a processor and at least one communicationinterface device. The processor may include one or more processor coresphysically and electrically coupled to the motherboard. The at least onecommunication interface device may also be physically and electricallycoupled to the motherboard. In further implementations, thecommunication interface device may be part of the processor. Inembodiments, processor may include a hardware accelerator (e.g., FPGA).

Depending on its applications, computing device used in the system mayinclude other components which include, but are not limited to, volatilememory (e.g., DRAM), non-volatile memory (e.g., ROM), and flash memory.In embodiments, flash and/or ROM may include executable programminginstructions configured to implement the algorithms, operating system,applications, user interface, and/or other aspects in accordance withvarious embodiments of the presently disclosed technology.

In embodiments, computing device used in the system may further includean analog-to-digital converter, a digital-to-analog converter, aprogrammable gain amplifier, a sample-and-hold amplifier, a dataacquisition subsystem, a pulse width modulator input, a pulse widthmodulator output, a graphics processor, a digital signal processor, acrypto processor, a chipset, a cellular radio, an antenna, a display, atouchscreen display, a touchscreen controller, a battery, an audiocodec, a video codec, a power amplifier, a global positioning system(GPS) device or subsystem, a compass (magnetometer), an accelerometer, abarometer (manometer), a gyroscope, a speaker, a camera, a mass storagedevice (such as a SIM card interface, and SD memory or micro-SD memoryinterface, SATA interface, hard disk drive, compact disk (CD), digitalversatile disk (DVD), and so forth), a microphone, a filter, anoscillator, a pressure sensor, and/or an RFID chip.

The communication network interface device used in the system may enablewireless communications for the transfer of data to and from thecomputing device. The term “wireless” and its derivatives may be used todescribe circuits, devices, systems, processes, techniques,communications channels, etc., that may communicate data through the useof modulated electromagnetic radiation through a non-solid medium. Theterm does not imply that the associated devices do not contain anywires, although in some embodiments they might not. The communicationchip 406 may implement any of a number of wireless standards orprotocols, including but not limited to Institute for Electrical andElectronic Engineers (IEEE) standards including Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11family), IEEE 802.16 standards (e.g., IEEE 802.16-2005 Amendment),Long-Term Evolution (LTE) project along with any amendments, updates,and/or revisions (e.g., advanced LTE project, ultra-mobile broadband(UMB) project (also referred to as “3GPP2”), etc.). IEEE 802.16compatible BWA networks are generally referred to as WiMAX networks, anacronym that stands for Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access,which is a certification mark for products that pass conformity andinteroperability tests for the IEEE 802.16 standards. The communicationchip 406 may operate in accordance with a Global System for MobileCommunication (GSM), General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), UniversalMobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), High Speed Packet Access(HSPA), Evolved HSPA (E-HSPA), or LTE network. The communication chip406 may operate in accordance with Enhanced Data for GSM Evolution(EDGE), GSM EDGE Radio Access Network (GERAN), Universal TerrestrialRadio Access Network (UTRAN), or Evolved UTRAN (E-UTRAN). Thecommunication chip 406 may operate in accordance with Code DivisionMultiple Access (CDMA), Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), DigitalEnhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT), Evolution-Data Optimized(EV-DO), derivatives thereof, as well as any other wireless protocolsthat are designated as 3G, 4G, 5G, and beyond. The communication chipmay operate in accordance with other wireless protocols in otherembodiments. The computing device may include a plurality ofcommunication chips. For instance, a first communication chip may bededicated to shorter range wireless communications such as Wi-Fi andBluetooth and a second communication chip may be dedicated to longerrange wireless communications such as GPS, EDGE, GPRS, CDMA, WiMAX, LTE,Ev-DO, and others.

Exemplary hardware for performing the technology includes at least oneautomated processor (or microprocessor) coupled to a memory. The memorymay include random access memory (RAM) devices, cache memories,non-volatile or back-up memories such as programmable or flash memories,read-only memories (ROM), etc. In addition, the memory may be consideredto include memory storage physically located elsewhere in the hardware,e.g. any cache memory in the processor as well as any storage capacityused as a virtual memory, e.g., as stored on a mass storage device.

The hardware may receive a number of inputs and outputs forcommunicating information externally. For interface with a user oroperator, the hardware may include one or more user input devices (e.g.,a keyboard, a mouse, imaging device, scanner, microphone) and a one ormore output devices (e.g., a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) panel, a soundplayback device (speaker)). To embody the present invention, thehardware may include at least one screen device.

For additional storage, as well as data input and output, and user andmachine interfaces, the hardware may also include one or more massstorage devices, e.g., a floppy or other removable disk drive, a harddisk drive, a Direct Access Storage Device (DASD), an optical drive(e.g. a Compact Disk (CD) drive, a Digital Versatile Disk (DVD) drive)and/or a tape drive, among others. Furthermore, the hardware may includean interface with one or more networks (e.g., a local area network(LAN), a wide area network (WAN), a wireless network, and/or theInternet among others) to permit the communication of information withother computers coupled to the networks. It should be appreciated thatthe hardware typically includes suitable analog and/or digitalinterfaces between the processor and each of the components is known inthe art.

The hardware operates under the control of an operating system, andexecutes various computer software applications, components, programs,objects, modules, etc. to implement the techniques described above.Moreover, various applications, components, programs, objects, etc.,collectively indicated by application software, may also execute on oneor more processors in another computer coupled to the hardware via anetwork, e.g. in a distributed computing environment, whereby theprocessing required to implement the functions of a computer program maybe allocated to multiple computers over a network.

In general, the routines executed to implement the embodiments of thepresent disclosure may be implemented as part of an operating system ora specific application, component, program, object, module or sequenceof instructions referred to as a “computer program.” A computer programtypically comprises one or more instruction sets at various times invarious memory and storage devices in a computer, and that, when readand executed by one or more processors in a computer, cause the computerto perform operations necessary to execute elements involving thevarious aspects of the invention. Moreover, while the technology hasbeen described in the context of fully functioning computers andcomputer systems, those skilled in the art will appreciate that thevarious embodiments of the invention are capable of being distributed asa program product in a variety of forms, and may be applied equally toactually effect the distribution regardless of the particular type ofcomputer-readable media used. Examples of computer-readable mediainclude but are not limited to recordable type media such as volatileand non-volatile memory devices, removable disks, hard disk drives,optical disks (e.g., Compact Disk Read-Only Memory (CD-ROMs), DigitalVersatile Disks (DVDs)), flash memory, etc., among others. Another typeof distribution may be implemented as Internet downloads. The technologymay be provided as ROM, persistently stored firmware, or hard-codedinstructions.

While certain exemplary embodiments have been described and shown in theaccompanying drawings, it is understood that such embodiments are merelyillustrative and not restrictive of the broad invention and that thepresent disclosure is not limited to the specific constructions andarrangements shown and described, since various other modifications mayoccur to those ordinarily skilled in the art upon studying thisdisclosure. The disclosed embodiments may be readily modified orre-arranged in one or more of its details without departing from theprincipals of the present disclosure.

Implementations of the subject matter and the operations describedherein can be implemented in digital electronic circuitry, computersoftware, firmware or hardware, including the structures disclosed inthis specification and their structural equivalents or in combinationsof one or more of them. Implementations of the subject matter describedin this specification can be implemented as one or more computerprograms, i.e., one or more modules of computer program instructions,encoded on one or more computer storage medium for execution by, or tocontrol the operation of data processing apparatus. Alternatively, or inaddition, the program instructions can be encoded on anartificially-generated propagated signal, e.g., a machine-generatedelectrical, optical, or electromagnetic signal, that is generated toencode information for transmission to suitable receiver apparatus forexecution by a data processing apparatus. A computer storage medium canbe, or be included in, a computer-readable storage device, acomputer-readable storage substrate, a random or serial access memoryarray or device, or a combination of one or more of them. Moreover,while a non-transitory computer storage medium is not a propagatedsignal, a computer storage medium can be a source or destination ofcomputer program instructions encoded in an artificially-generatedpropagated signal. The computer storage medium can also be, or beincluded in, one or more separate components or media (e.g., multipleCDs, disks, or other storage devices).

Accordingly, the computer storage medium may be tangible andnon-transitory. All embodiments within the scope of the claims should beinterpreted as being tangible and non-abstract in nature, and thereforethis application expressly disclaims any interpretation that mightencompass abstract subject matter.

The present technology provides analysis that improves the functioningof the machine in which it is installed and provides distinct resultsfrom machines that employ different algorithms.

The operations described in this specification can be implemented asoperations performed by a data processing apparatus on data stored onone or more computer-readable storage devices or received from othersources.

The term “client or “server” includes a variety of apparatuses, devices,and machines for processing data, including by way of example aprogrammable processor, a computer, a system on a chip, or multipleones, or combinations, of the foregoing. The apparatus can includespecial purpose logic circuitry, e.g., an FPGA (field programmable gatearray) or an ASIC (application-specific integrated circuit). Theapparatus can also include, in addition to hardware, a code that createsan execution environment for the computer program in question, e.g., acode that constitutes processor firmware, a protocol stack, a databasemanagement system, an operating system, a cross-platform runtimeenvironment, a virtual machine, or a combination of one or more of them.The apparatus and execution environment can realize various differentcomputing model infrastructures, such as web services, distributedcomputing and grid computing infrastructures.

A computer program (also known as a program, software, softwareapplication, script, or code) can be written in any form of programminglanguage, including compiled or interpreted languages, declarative orprocedural languages, and it can be deployed in any form, including as astand-alone program or as a module, component, subroutine, object, orother unit suitable for use in a computing environment. A computerprogram may, but need not, correspond to a file in a file system. Aprogram can be stored in a portion of a file that holds other programsor data (e.g., one or more scripts stored in a markup languagedocument), in a single file dedicated to the program in question, or inmultiple coordinated files (e.g., files that store one or more modules,sub-programs, or portions of code). A computer program can be deployedto be executed on one computer or on multiple computers that are locatedat one site or distributed across multiple sites and interconnected by acommunication network.

The processes and logic flows described in this specification can beperformed by one or more programmable processors executing one or morecomputer programs to perform actions by operating on input data andgenerating output. The architecture may be CISC, RISC, SISD, SIMD, MIMD,loosely-coupled parallel processing, etc. The processes and logic flowscan also be performed by, and apparatus can also be implemented as,special purpose logic circuitry, e.g., an FPGA (field programmable gatearray) or an ASIC (application specific integrated circuit).

Processors suitable for the execution of a computer program include, byway of example, both general and special purpose microprocessors, andany one or more processors of any kind of digital computer. Generally, aprocessor will receive instructions and data from a read-only memory ora random access memory or both. The essential elements of a computer area processor for performing actions in accordance with instructions andone or more memory devices for storing instructions and data. Generally,a computer will also include, or be operatively coupled to receive datafrom or transfer data to, or both, one or more mass storage devices forstoring data, e.g., magnetic, magneto-optical disks, or optical disks.However, a computer need not have such devices. Moreover, a computer canbe embedded in another device, e.g., a mobile telephone (e.g., asmartphone), a personal digital assistant (PDA), a mobile audio or videoplayer, a game console, or a portable storage device (e.g., a universalserial bus (USB) flash drive). Devices suitable for storing computerprogram instructions and data include all forms of non-volatile memory,media and memory devices, including by way of example semiconductormemory devices, e.g., EPROM, EEPROM, and flash memory devices; magneticdisks, e.g., internal hard disks or removable disks; magneto-opticaldisks; and CD-ROM and DVD-ROM disks. The processor and the memory can besupplemented by, or incorporated in, special purpose logic circuitry.

To provide for interaction with a user, implementations of the subjectmatter described in this specification can be implemented on a computerhaving a display device, e.g., a LCD (liquid crystal display), OLED(organic light emitting diode), TFT (thin-film transistor), plasma,other flexible configuration, or any other monitor for displayinginformation to the user and a keyboard, a pointing device, e.g., amouse, trackball, etc., or a touch screen, touch pad, etc., by which theuser can provide input to the computer. Other kinds of devices can beused to provide for interaction with a user as well. For example,feedback provided to the user can be any form of sensory feedback, e.g.,visual feedback, auditory feedback, or tactile feedback and input fromthe user can be received in any form, including acoustic, speech, ortactile input. In addition, a computer can interact with a user bysending documents to and receiving documents from a device that is usedby the user. For example, by sending webpages to a web browser on auser's client device in response to requests received from the webbrowser.

Implementations of the subject matter described in this specificationcan be implemented in a computing system that includes a back-endcomponent, e.g., as a data server, or that includes a middlewarecomponent, e.g., an application server, or that includes a front-endcomponent, e.g., a client computer having a graphical user interface ora Web browser through which a user can interact with an implementationof the subject matter described in this specification, or anycombination of one or more such back-end, middleware, or front-endcomponents. The components of the system can be interconnected by anyform or medium of digital data communication, e.g., a communicationnetwork. Examples of communication networks include a local area network(“LAN”) and a wide area network (“WAN”), an inter-network (e.g., theInternet), and peer-to-peer networks (e.g., ad hoc peer-to-peernetworks).

While this specification contains many specific implementation details,these should not be construed as limitations on the scope of anyinventions or of what may be claimed, but rather as descriptions offeatures specific to particular implementations of particularinventions. Certain features that are described in this specification inthe context of separate implementations can also be implemented incombination in a single implementation. Conversely, various featuresthat are described in the context of a single implementation can also beimplemented in multiple implementations separately or in any suitablesubcombination. Moreover, although features may be described above asacting in certain combinations and even initially claimed as such, oneor more features from a claimed combination can in some cases be excisedfrom the combination, and the claimed combination may be directed to asubcombination or variation of a subcombination.

Similarly, while operations are considered in a particular order, thisshould not be understood as requiring that such operations be performedin the particular order shown, in sequential order or that alloperations be performed to achieve desirable results. In certaincircumstances, multitasking and parallel processing may be advantageous.Moreover, the separation of various system components in theimplementations described above should not be understood as requiringsuch separation in all implementations and it should be understood thatthe described program components and systems can generally be integratedtogether in a single software product or packaged into multiple softwareproducts.

Thus, particular implementations of the subject matter have beendescribed. Other implementations are within the scope of the followingclaims. In some cases, the actions recited in the claims can beperformed in a different order and still achieve desirable results. Inaddition, the processes depicted in the accompanying figures do notnecessarily require the particular order shown, or sequential order, toachieve desirable results. In certain implementations, multitasking orparallel processing may be utilized.

The various embodiments described above can be combined to providefurther embodiments. All of the U.S. patents, U.S. patent applicationpublications, U.S. patent applications, foreign patents, foreign patentapplications and non-patent publications referred to in thisspecification and/or listed in the Application Data Sheet areincorporated herein by reference, in their entirety. Aspects of theembodiments can be modified, if necessary to employ concepts of thevarious patents, applications and publications to provide yet furtherembodiments. In cases where any document incorporated by referenceconflicts with the present application, the present applicationcontrols.

These and other changes can be made to the embodiments in light of theabove-detailed description. In general, in the following claims, theterms used should not be construed to limit the claims to the specificembodiments disclosed in the specification and the claims, but should beconstrued to include all possible embodiments along with the full scopeof equivalents to which such claims are entitled. Accordingly, theclaims are not limited by the disclosure.

Algorithms

 Algorithm 1: Create engine model using machine learning. (See FIG. 8) Data: engine data time series for training period  Result: engine modelusing machine learning initialization;  define a predictable range forpredictor variables;  (e.g. rpm greater than 1000);  create a newBoolean column called isStable that can store true/false for predictorscombined stability;  compute isStable and store the values in timeseries;  (e.g., isStable = true if in last n minutes the change inpredictor variables are within k standard deviation, else isStable =false);  if predictor variables are within predictable range andisStable = true for some predetermined time then  include the recordfrom mode creation;  else  exclude the record from mode creation;  end create engine model from the filtered data using machine learning;  usemultiple machine learning algorithms (e.g., splines, support vectormachines, neural networks, and/or generalized additive model) to buildstatistical models; select the model with the lowest model bias and fitsthe training data most closely (i.e., has the lowest mean squared error(MSE));

 Algorithm 2: Convert statistical model to a look-up table (optionalstep)  Data: R model from Algorithm 1  Result: Model look-up table initialization;  if model creation is successful then  create the modellook-up table with n + m columns considering the  model represents f:

^(n)

 

^(m);  e.g., a lookup table for engine RPM 0-2000 and load 0-100 willhave 200,000 + 1 rows assuming an interval of 1 for each independentvariable. The model will have 2 + 6 = 8 columns assuming independentvariables of engine RPM and load and dependent variables of coolanttemperature, coolant pressure, oil temperature, oil pressure, fuelpressure, fuel actuator percentage. For each engine RPM and load, the Rmodel is used to predict the values of the dependent parameters andthose predicted values are then stored in the look-up table.;  e.g., alookup table for a bounded region may be between engine RPM 1000-2000and load 40-100 will have 60,000 + 1 rows assuming an interval of 1 foreach independent variable;  else  No operation  end

 Algorithm 3: Create error statistics for the engine parameters ofinterest during training period  Data: R model from Algorithm 1 andtraining data  Result: error statistic  initialization;  if modelcreation is successful then  use the model or look-up table to predictthe time series of interest; calculate the difference between actualvalue and predicted value; create error time series;  else  No operation end  calculate error mean and error standard deviation;

 Algorithm 4: compute z-error score  Data: Deployed model and test data Result: z-score of errors  initialization;  if model creation issuccessful then  use the model to predict the time series of interest; create the error time series by calculating the difference between theactual value and predicted value;  compute the z-score of the errorseries by subtracting the training error mean and dividing the error bythe training error standard deviation from Algorithm 3;  z_(error) = (X− μ_(training))/σ_(training);  Save the z-score of errors as a timeseries  else  No operation  end

 Algorithm 5: System algorithm  Data: engine data training and nearreal-time test data  Result: engine parameter anomaly detection at nearreal-time  initialization;  Design Time step 1: Use Algorithm 1 tocreate engine model from  training data;  Design Time step 2: UseAlgorithm 3 to create error statistics;  Design Time step 3: optionallyuse Algorithm 2 to create model  look-up table;  Design Time step 4:deploy the model on edge device and/or cloud  database;  Runtime Step 1:while engine data is available and predictors are within range andengine is in steady state do  if model deployment is successful then  step 5: compute and save z-error score(s) from test data using  algorithm 4;   if absolute value of z_score > k then    Send ErrorNotification;   else    No operation   end  else   No operation  end end

 Algorithm 6: Create Mahalanobis distances and/or robust Mahalanobisdistances for deep learning  Data: engine data error time seriescontaining timestamps and z-scores of errors from engine data timeseries during training period from algorithm 4  Result: RobustMahalanobis distance time series  step 1: pass input engine data errorz-scores through robust Mahalanobis distance algorithm (e.g., via ‘R’built-in);  step 2: optionally: use the maximum of regular and robustMahalanobis distance, or compute and use the Bhattacharyya distance asinput data when classifying the training data.  Rcodesample library(MASS) X_trg ← multi-dimensional standardized error (z-score of errors)time series from engine data during training period;  maha1.X_test ←sqrt(mahalanobis(X_trg, colMeans(X_trg),  cov(X_trg)));  covmve.X1_trg ←cov.rob(X1_trg);  maha2.X_test ←  sqrt(mahalanobis(X_trg, covmve.Xtrg$center, covmve.X trg$cov));  max.maha.X ← max(c(maha1.X, maha2.X)); step 3: Human tags time periods with known engine issues  step 4:Compute and save the range of Mahalanobis or Bhattacharyya distancesalong with the tags for future evaluation near real-time classificationon engine data anomalies.

 Algorithm 7: Classify z-scores at real time using robust distances Data: engine data error time series containing timestamps and z-scoresof errors from engine data time series during test period from algorithm4  Result: engine anomaly detection and classification initialization; step 1: pass input engine data error z-scores through robustMahalanobis distance algorithm (e.g., via ‘R’ built-in);  step 2:optionally: use the maximum of regular and robust Mahalanobis distance,or compute and use the Bhattacharyya distance as input data whenclassifying the test data.  Rcodesample library(MASS) X_trg ←multi-dimensional standardized error (z-score of errors) time seriesfrom engine data during training period;  maha1.X_test ←sqrt(mahalanobis(X trg, colMeans(X trg),  cov(X trg)));  covmve.X1_trg ←cov.rob(X1_trg);  maha2.X_test ←  sqrt(mahalanobis(X_trg, covmve.Xtrg$center, covmve.X trg$cov));  max.maha.X ← max(c(maha1.X, maha2.X)); library(MASS);  X_test

 - multi-dimensional error time series from test engine data during testperiod;  X_trg

 - multi-dimensional error time series from engine data during trainingperiod  maha1.X test

 - sqrt(mahalanobis(X_test, colMeans(X_trg),  cov(X_trg)));  covmve.X1trg

 - cov.rob(X1 trg);  maha2.X test

 - sqrt(mahalanobis(X test, covmve.X trgcenter,  covmve.X trgcov)); max.maha.X

 - max(c(maha1.X, maha2.X));  if the computed Mahalanobis/Bhattacharyyadistance is in the same range as the previously learned time periodsthen classify the test period with the same tag from training.

1. A method of determining anomalous operation of a system, comprising:capturing a plurality of streams of training data representing sensorreadings over a range of states of the system during a training phase,the range of states including at least a normal state of the system;determining joint statistical properties of the plurality of streams ofdata representing sensor readings over the range of states of the systemduring the training phase, comprising determining (a) a plurality ofquantitative standardized errors between a predicted value of arespective training datum, and a measured value of the respectivetraining datum, and (b) a variance of the respective plurality ofquantitative standardized errors over time; determining a statisticalnorm for the characterized joint statistical properties thatdistinguishes between the normal state of the system and an anomalousstate of the system; and storing the determined statistical norm in anon-volatile memory.
 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein atleast one stream of training data is aggregated and/or filtered prior tocharacterizing the joint statistical properties of the plurality ofstreams of data representing the sensor readings over the range ofstates of the system during the training phase.
 3. The method accordingto claim 1, further comprising: communicating the captured plurality ofstreams of training data representing sensor readings over a range ofstates of the system during a training phase from an edge device to acloud device prior to the cloud device characterizing the jointstatistical property of the plurality of streams of operational data;communicating the determined statistical norm from the cloud device tothe edge device; and wherein the non-volatile memory is provided withinthe edge device.
 4. The method according to claim 3, further comprising:capturing a plurality of streams of operational data representing sensorreadings during an operational phase; determining a plurality ofquantitative standardized errors between a predicted value of arespective operational datum, and a measured value of the respectivetraining datum, and a variance of the respective plurality ofquantitative standardized errors over time in the edge device; andcomparing the plurality of quantitative standardized errors and thevariance of the respective plurality of quantitative standardized errorswith the determined statistical norm, to determine whether the pluralityof streams of operational data representing the sensor readings duringthe operational phase represent an anomalous state of system operation.5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising determining ananomalous state of operation based on a statistical difference betweensensor data obtained during operation of the system subsequent to thetraining phase and the statistical norm.
 6. The method according toclaim 5, further comprising performing an analysis on the sensor dataobtained during the anomalous state, defining a signature of the sensordata obtained leading to the anomalous state, and communicating thedefined signature of the sensor data obtained leading to the anomalousstate to a second system.
 7. The method according to claim 6, furthercomprising receiving a defined signature of sensor data obtained leadingto an anomalous state of a second system from the second system andperforming a signature analysis of a stream of sensor data after thetraining phase.
 8. The method according to claim 6, further comprisingreceiving a defined signature of sensor data obtained leading to ananomalous state of a second system from the second system, andintegrating the defined signature with the determined statistical norm,such that the statistical norm is updated to distinguish a pattern ofsensor data preceding the anomalous state from a normal state ofoperation.
 9. The method according to claim 1, further comprisingdetermining a z-score for the plurality of quantitative standardizederrors.
 10. The method according to claim 1, further comprising at leastone of: transmitting the plurality of streams of training data to aremote server; transmitting the characterized joint statisticalproperties to the remote server; transmitting the statistical norm tothe remote server; transmitting a signal representing a determinationwhether the system is operating anomalously to the remote server basedon the statistical norm; receiving the characterized joint statisticalproperties from the remote server; receiving the statistical norm fromthe remote server; receiving a signal representing a determinationwhether the system is operating anomalously from the remote server basedon the statistical norm; and receiving a signal from the remote serverrepresenting a predicted statistical norm for operation of the system,representing a type of operation of the system outside the range ofstates during the training phase, based on respective statistical normsfor other systems.
 11. The method according to claim 1, furthercomprising: receiving a stream of sensor data received after thetraining phase; determining an anomalous state of operation of thesystem based on differences between the received stream of sensor datareceived after the training phase; and tagging a log of sensor datareceived after the training phase with an annotation of anomalous stateof operation.
 12. The method according to claim 11, further comprisingclassifying the anomalous state of operation.
 13. The method accordingto claim 1, further comprising classifying a stream of sensor datareceived after the training phase by at least performing a k-nearestneighbors analysis.
 14. The method according to claim 1, furthercomprising determining whether a stream of sensor data received afterthe training phase is in a stable operating state and tagging a log ofthe stream of sensor data with a characterization of the stability. 15.The method according to claim 1, wherein the joint statisticalproperties are first joint statistical properties, the training phase isfirst training phase, and the statistical norm is first statisticalnorm, the method further comprising: in response to detecting athreshold number of false positive cases of anomalous state of thesystem based, at least in part, on the first statistical norm:determining second joint statistical properties of a plurality ofstreams of data representing sensor readings over the range of states ofthe system during second training phase; determining second statisticalnorm for the second joint statistical properties that distinguishesbetween the normal state of the system and the anomalous state of thesystem; and storing the determined second statistical norm in anon-volatile memory.
 16. The method according to claim 15, wherein thefirst joint statistical properties are determined in accordance with afirst statistical model and the second joint statistical properties aredetermined in accordance with a second statistical model.
 17. The methodaccording to claim 16, further comprising generating a plurality ofstatistical models for a plurality of streams of data representingsensor readings over the range of states of the system that are obtainedduring a time window overlapping with one or more anomalous statespredicted based, at least in part, on the first statistic norm.
 18. Themethod according to claim 17, further comprising selecting the secondstatistical model from the plurality of models based on at least one offalse positive rate, true positive rate, or lead time.
 19. A system fordetermining anomalous operational state, comprising: an input portconfigured to receive a plurality of streams of training datarepresenting sensor readings over a range of states of the system duringa training phase; at least one automated processor, configured to:characterize joint statistical properties of plurality of streams ofdata representing sensor readings over the range of states of the systemduring the training phase, based on a plurality of quantitativestandardized errors between a predicted value of a respective trainingdatum, and a measured value of the respective training datum, and avariance of the respective plurality of quantitative standardized errorsover time; and determine a statistical norm for the characterized jointstatistical properties that reliably distinguishes between a normalstate of the system and an anomalous state of the system; and anon-volatile memory configured to store the determined statistical norm.20. The system according to claim 19, wherein the at least one automatedprocessor is further configured to: capture a plurality of streams ofoperational data representing sensor readings during an operationalphase; characterize a joint statistical property of the plurality ofstreams of operational data, comprising determining a plurality ofquantitative standardized errors between a predicted value of arespective operational datum, and a measured value of the respectivetraining datum, and a variance of the respective plurality ofquantitative standardized errors over time; and compare thecharacterized joint statistical property of the plurality of streams ofoperational data with the determined statistical norm to determinewhether the plurality of streams of operational data representing thesensor readings during the operational phase represent an anomalousstate of system operation.
 21. The system according to claim 19, whereinthe at least one automated processor is further configured to: capture aplurality of streams of operational data representing sensor readingsduring an operational phase; and determine at least one of a Mahalanobisdistance, a Bhattacharyya distance, Chernoff distance, a Matusitadistance, a KL divergence, a Symmetric KL divergence, a Patrick-Fisherdistance, a Lissack-Fu distance, a Kolmogorov distance, or a Mahalanobisangle of the captured plurality of streams of operational data withrespect to the determined statistical norm.
 22. The system according toclaim 19, wherein the at least one automated processor is furtherconfigured to determine a Mahalanobis distance between the plurality ofstreams of training data representing sensor readings over the range ofstates of the system during the training phase and a captured pluralityof streams of operational data representing sensor readings during anoperational phase of the system.
 23. The system according to claim 19,wherein the at least one automated processor is further configured todetermine a Bhattacharyya distance between the plurality of streams oftraining data representing sensor readings over the range of states ofthe system during the training phase and a captured plurality of streamsof operational data representing sensor readings during an operationalphase of the system.
 24. The system according to claim 19, wherein theat least one automated processor is further configured to determine az-score for a stream of sensor data received after the training phase.25. The system according to claim 19, wherein the at least one automatedprocessor is further configured to decimate a stream of sensor datareceived after the training phase.
 26. The system according to claim 19,wherein the at least one automated processor is further configured todecimate and determine a z-score for a stream of sensor data receivedafter the training phase.
 27. The system according to claim 19, whereinthe plurality of streams of training data representing the sensorreadings over the range of states of the system comprise data from aplurality of different types of sensors.
 28. The system according toclaim 19, wherein the plurality of streams of training data representingthe sensor readings over the range of states of the system comprise datafrom a plurality of different sensors of the same type.
 29. A method ofdetermining a statistical norm for non-anomalous operation of a system,comprising: receiving a plurality of captured streams of training dataat a remote server, the captured plurality of streams of training datarepresenting sensor readings over a range of states of a system during atraining phase; processing the received a plurality of captured streamsof training data to determine a statistical norm for characterized jointstatistical properties that reliably distinguishes between a normalstate of the system and an anomalous state of the system, thecharacterized joint statistical properties being based on a plurality ofstreams of data representing sensor readings over the range of states ofthe system during the training phase, comprising quantitativestandardized errors between a predicted value of a respective trainingdatum, and a measured value of the respective training datum, and avariance of the respective plurality of quantitative standardized errorsover time; and transmitting the determined statistical norm to thesystem.
 30. The method according to claim 29, further comprising, at thesystem, capturing a stream of data representing sensor readings overstates of the system during an operational phase, and producing a signalselectively dependent on whether the stream of data representing sensorreadings over states of the system during the operational phase arewithin the statistical norm.